The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) offers a Keywords Community Forum to provide keyword users and metadata providers with a place to discuss GCMD Keyword topics.

GCMD Keyword Community Forum Homepage. Within the forum section, you can post a keyword comment or suggestion for community feedback. The right panels contain relevant keyword links and FAQs.

The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) now offers a Keywords Community Forum to provide keyword users and metadata providers with a place to discuss GCMD Keyword topics. GCMD Keywords are a hierarchical set of controlled Earth Science and related (platforms, instruments, projects, Distributed Active Archive Centers [DAACs]) vocabularies that are used to describe data and services in a consistent and comprehensive manner, allowing for precise metadata search and subsequent retrieval of data and services. This forum enables participants to ask keyword questions, submit keyword requests, discuss options, and track the status of keyword requests. In addition, the forum contains links to keyword FAQs, instructions on submitting a keyword request or issue, and information on accessing keywords. General announcements regarding GCMD Keyword releases will also be posted to the forum.